chantry
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Noun (2)chantries
- an endowment for the singing of MassesType of endowment, endowment fund
- a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donorType of chapel
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Chant′ry noun; pl. Chantries (#).
Origin: OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.
1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.
2. A chapel or altar so endowed. John Cowell
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54